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e to be purchased, any such vessels as those styled rams, or any other vessels to be used for war purposes against the United States, or against any country with which the United Kingdom is at peace or on terms of amity; and Her Majesty's Government further protest and remonstrate against all acts in violation of the neutrality laws of the realm.
I have the honor to be your Lordship's obedient servant,
Russell.
The reply. Richmond, Va., C. S. A., April 6, 1864. To the right Honorable Lord Lyons, C. B., & H. M.‘s Minister to the Government of the United States.
my Lord: I have been instructed by the President to acknowledge the receipt of a despatch from your Lordship, enclosing a copy of a portion of a despatch from Earl Russell, H. B. M.‘s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, purporting to be a formal protest and remonstrance of Her Majesty's Government against the efforts of the authorities of the so-called Confederate States to build war vessels within Her Majesty

t date at which the present despatch and its enclosure reach you.
You will, without delay, send copies of this despatch and its enclosure to your Vice-Consuls for their information and guidance.
I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, Lyons. To her Majesty's Consul at------.
Department of State, Washington, October 16, 1861.
my Lord: The Judge of the Court of the United States for the southern district of New York having recently decided, after elaborate argument of counsel, thansel, that the law of the blockade does not permit a vessel in a blockaded port to take on board cargo after the commencement of the blockade, with a view to avoid any future misunderstanding upon this subject, you are informed that the law, as thus interpreted by the judge, will be expected to be strictly observed by all vessels in ports of insurgent States during their blockade by the naval forces of the United States.
I avail myself, &c., William H. Seward. The Right Honorable Lord Lyons.

ass into your lines on the flag-of-truce boat, for the purpose of delivering it, and will desire your permission to return for Washington by the same mode of conveyance.
I have the honor to be, with high respect, your obedient, humble servant, Lyons.
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You will also convey to Mr. Davis at Richmond, through such channel as shall be available, and as you may in your discretion deem proper, the formal protest and remonstrance of her Majesty's government against the efforts of the t and remonstrate against all acts in violation of the neutrality laws of the realm.
I have the honor to be your Lordship's obedient servant, Russell.
Reply of Jefferson Davis.
Richmond, Va., C. S. A., April 6, 1864. To the Right Hon. Lord Lyons, C. B., etc., H. B. M.'s Minister to the Government of the United States:
my Lord: I have been instructed by the President to acknowledge the receipt of a despatch from your lordship, inclosing a copy of a portion of a despatch from Earl

y that, in their opinion, the authority of Congress is necessary in order to justify the arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of British subjects.
I have the honor to be, sir, with the highest consideration, your most obedient humble servant. Lyons. To the Hon. William H. Seward, &c.
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, Oct. 14, 1861. My Lord:
--I have the honor to acknowledge your lordship's note of the present date.
In that paper you inform me thatre, to prefer and be governed by the view of our organic national law which, while it will enable him to execute his great trust with complete success, receives the sanction of the highest authorities of our own country, and is sustained by the general consent of the people, for whom alone that Constitution was established.
I avail myself of this opportunity to offer to your lordship a renewed assurance of my very high consideration. William H. Seward. The Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c.

ontest unquestionably will be. And this last objection is applicable with far greater force to Mr. Lyons.
Although every impartial man in the district can see the moral certainty of his defeat, idates a few days after. Mr. Tyler's nomination appearing in the newspapers the next day after Mr. Lyons's, it is believed, and probably written before Mr. Lyons's. Let the people hold Mr. Lyons to hMr. Lyons's. Let the people hold Mr. Lyons to his own voluntary offer, and if he will not withdraw, as was expected of him, let the people themselves execute his first (and best) intention.
To Mr. Macfarland the objections have been already Mr. Lyons to his own voluntary offer, and if he will not withdraw, as was expected of him, let the people themselves execute his first (and best) intention.
To Mr. Macfarland the objections have been already partly intimated.
A strenuous opponent up to the last moment of secession in the Convention of Virginia, where he denied in argument the sovereignty of the States and the right of succession as absund yet such a disastrous result may be seriously hazarded by the persistence in the canvass of Mr. Lyons.
Another great objection to Mr. Macfarland is his office of Bank President which, while i

delivery to your lordship, in order that they may again be placed under British protection, and a suitable apology for the aggression which has been committed.
Should these terms not be offered by Mr. Seward, you will propose them to him.
You are at liberty to read this dispatch to the Secretary of State, and if he shall desire it, you will give him a copy of it. I am, &c. Russell.
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, Dec. 26, 1861. The Right Honorable Lord Lyons, &c., &c. My Lord:
Earl Russell's dispatch of November 30th, a copy of which you have left with me at my request, is of the following effect, viz:
That a letter of Commander Williams, dated "Royal mail contract boat Trent at sea, November 9th, states that thatvessel left Havana on the 7th of November, with her Majesty's mails for England, having on board numerous passengers.
Shortly after noon on the 8th of November the United States war steamer San Jacinto, Captain Wilkes

mail packet Trent.
I will, without any loss of time, forward to Her Majesty's Government a copy of the important communication which you have made to me.
I will, also, without delay, do myself the honor to confer with you personally on the arrangements to be made for delivering the four gentlemen to me, in order that they may again be placed under the protection of the British flag.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant, Lyons.
M. Thouvenil to M. Mercier.(Translation) Administration of Foreign Affairs, Political Departm't, Paris Dec. 8, 1861. Sir:
The arrest of Messieurs Mason and Slidell on board of the English packet Trent by an American cruiser, has produced in France, if not the same emotion as in England, at least extreme astonishment and sensation.
Public sentiment was at once engrossed with the lawfulness and the consequence of such an act, and the impression which has resulted from this has n

mail packet Trent.
I will, without any loss of time, forward to Her Majesty's Government a copy of the important communication which you have made to me.
I will, also, without delay, do myself the honor to confer with you personally on the arrangements to be made for delivering the four gentlemen to me, in order that they may again be placed under the protection of the British flag.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant, Lyons.
M. Thouvenil to M. Mercier.(Translation) Administration of Foreign Affairs, Political Departm't, Paris Dec. 8, 1861. Sir:
The arrest of Messieurs Mason and Slidell on board of the English packet Trent by an American cruiser, has produced in France, if not the same emotion as in England, at least extreme astonishment and sensation.
Public sentiment was at once engrossed with the lawfulness and the consequence of such an act, and the impression which has resulted from this has n

n in England.&c., &c., &c.,
Northern dates to the 1st instant have been received at Norfolk by flag of truce from Fortress Monroe.
We present our readers this morning with a few brief extracts of the most important news, our limited space interdicting a more copious selection:
The surrender of Mason and Slidell--Lord Lyons does not agree to Seward's terms of the in release,&c.
In addition to what is furnished below, the Norfolk Day Book learns from verbal sources that Seward and Lyons have had a consultation on the release of Mason and Slidell.Seward has surrendered these gentlemen, but the terms of the surrender does not come up to the demands of the ultimatum.
A part of the Yankee's bargain is that Wilkes is not to be censured, no way. This part of the bargain, however, does nor suit the British demand, and consequently the matter is not entirely satisfactory.
The mere giving up of Mason and Slidell does not settle the matter, though it appears they have been sent off